This is the readme file for the OS/2 binary of Volkan Yavuz's glosstex. The latest distribution with the sources, makefile (also for OS/2) and documentation can always be found at the CTAN site near you, for instance: ftp.tex.ac.uk and ftp.dante.de and a boatload of mirrors out there like wcarchive.cdrom.com etc. The binary was built using gcc version 2.7.1 from the emx09c development package by Eberhard Mattes. The used installation is at emxfix level 2. So, in order to run the code you will need at least the emx runtime library contained in emxrt.zip. You may well have that already when you have Eberhard Mattes excellent emTeX implementation installed. Otherwise get the file emxrt.zip for instance from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (hobbes) or ftp-os2.cdrom.com (walnut creek archive) or ftp.leo.org (LEO archive in Munich, Germany) and install it according to its readme. There are two executables in the bin directory, simply rename the one you are going to use to glosstex.exe and move it in a directory in your PATH: -rwxa-- 65540 Feb 6 00:40 bin/glossteu-i386-os2-4.0.exe* -rwxa-- 44127 Feb 6 00:40 bin/glosstex-i386-os2-4.0.exe* The first one is already stripped to reduce its size and runs fine on OS/2 Warp 3 and Warp 4 and has a good chance to work on OS/2 2.x as well. It should even work on DOS and, using the rsx DOS extender, probably even on Windoze (3.1/95/NT). I haven't tested those though and frankly, I don't really care. It doesn't on CP/M either. The second binary has been compressed using LXLite version 1.14 which saves about 20 kB of its size, while keeping all of its functionality. This is the one I use here. However, it will probably not run on OS/2 2.x (since support for executable compression was introduced in Warp 3) and it is almost certain that it won't run on Mickey$oft DOG nor on Micro$loth Winbloats anymore, even when using the rsx extender. I don't think that that will matter much since bloated software fits the mindset of M$ and its customers better anyway. So, have fun, and just in case: The copyright and disclaimers of the original glosstx distribution apply, you use this at your own risk and no warranties, explicit or implied are given. Have fun! Stefan A. Deutscher (sad@utk.edu) 06-Feb-1998 ---------------- Note that glossteu.exe (rename it to glosstex.exe) will also run under vanilla DOG and in OS/2 and a M$ DOG-box using rsx and emxrt, respectively. They can be found on CTAN, too: tex/systems/msdos/dpmigcc/rsx...zip for DOG-boxes tex/systems/msdos/emtex/emxrsx.zip for DOG-boxes tex/systems/os2/web2c-6.1/binary/emxrt for OS/2 and vanilla DOG Happy TeXing, Volkan Yavuz 1997/06/11 ;;; Local Variables: ;;; mode: indented-text ;;; mode: outline-minor ;;; End: